rvpalliende (07/08/82)
The problem with chairman is that the spelling tells us what the
etymology ov the word is. Even the word woman has man in it.
There's a feminist group who call themselves "womyn", to make it clear
that they don't want to be associated with men. Since the y is awkward,
and both "a" and "e" have male connotations (as in man and men) then
what about using "o", or "u"?
What do you think about the following non-sexists respelling?
Old spelling New, non sexist one.
woman womon
women wimon
chairman chairmon
chairmen chairmon (after all, in spoken language the plural
ov words like these isn't pronounced)
cinnamon cinnamon
man man
men men
person person (The word person has nothing to do with the word
son. Those who think otherwise should use the
spelling sun)
human humon (Note that the etymology ov this word has
nothing to do with the word man).
doberman dobermon
Question: would it be Supermon, or Superman?